HORNS OF A DILEMMA
\hˈɔːnz əvə da͡ɪlˈɛmə], \hˈɔːnz əvə daɪlˈɛmə], \h_ˈɔː_n_z ə_v_ə d_aɪ_l_ˈɛ_m_ə]\
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A metaphor for grave practical difficulties when of two or more courses of action both or all appear equally imprudent or dangerous; borrowed from the argument so called, in Logic [Gr.], in which an adversary is caught between two difficulties.
By Henry Percy Smith
